Hair drying hood construction



Dec. 22, 1953 L. R. FLAXMAN HAIR DRYING HOOD CONSTRUCTION Filed Feb. 20, 1951 L z'llian RI F ZIZZZan M d ATTO Patented Dec. 22, 1953 UNITED STATES FATENT OFFICE HAIR DRYING HOOD CONSTRUCTION Lillian B. Flaxman, Hartford, Conn.

Application February 20, 1951, Serial No. 211,896

3 Claims.

- 1 This invention relates to a hair drying hood suitable for home use.

Hoods commonly used for hair drying, particularly in beauty parlors, are generally constructed to fit around the top and back portions of the head to confine the warm air emitted by a hair dryer and thereby dry the hair more effectively.

However, these hoods are expensive, complex, and bulky structures and wholly impractical for home use. It is accordingly among the objects of this invention to provide an inexpensive, simple hood which may be used advantageously by a person in the home. Another object is to provide a hood that is adaptable to any blower type hair driers for home use. A further object is to provide a hood which is collapsible and may be stored in a small space or carried on ones person. Still another object is to provide a design that'is simple and inexpensive to manufacture. These and other objects will be apparent from the description which follows.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangements of parts, all as will be illustratively described herein, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a hood in use;

Fig; 2 is an enlargedview taken along line 2-2 of Fig. 1

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a hair drying hood;

Fig. 4 is a bottom end view of the hood shown in Fig. 3 folded flat; and

Fig. 5 is a plan view, slightly reduced in size, of a pattern for a panel of the hood shownin Fig. 3.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawmgs.

In the illustrative embodiment of the invention, an elongated hood I0 (Fig. 1), made from a flexible plastic material, is suspended from the nozzle of an electric hair drier I6 and is fitted to the head of the wearer to completely enshroud the hair. A flange I2 around the inside has a drawstring 4o associated therewith to seal the hood over the forehead and. around the back of the neck below the hair line; this flange permits panels 22 of hood IE) to be spaced from the head. Then warm air blown from drier I6 inflates hood HI and circulates therein to dry the hair in a well known manner.

Hood I0 comprises four substantially identical panels 22 (Fig. 3) secured together along longitudinal edges in box-like fashion by binding tape 24. Each panel 22 is cut flat according to pattern 26 (Fig. 5), with a straight bottom edge 26a, and sides b tapering uniformly at the top for approximately one-third their length to a short top edge 250. For assembly, two panels 22 (Fig. 3) are aligned one atop another and their edges 261) on one side are bound by tape 24, using a single stitched seam28. The free edges 2% of two pairs of panels 22 so joined are then similarly bound as by stitching, and a box-like hood It is created with a large square bottom and sides, tapering to a small square upper end I 4. One edge Zia is preferably left unstitched for about half the length of the tapering portion to provide an opening 30 for expansion of upper end It to receive driers I6 of various sizes. Tape 24 is extended at 241) and another tape 240 is added to protect the remaining bare edges of the material, and a tape 32 is stitched around the periphery of upper end I4 with extensions 32a left free for drawing and tying end I4 around the nozzle of drier I6 (as in Fig. 1). Accord- ..ing1y,- very simple machine operations, with a minimum number of steps, are required in manufacturing this hood.

The bottom of hood I0 is oversized to fit any head and is designed for considerable fullness by having panels 22 spaced from the head. This is accomplished with flange I2 which comprises a fold of material (Fig. 2) extending around the inside of hood Ill and at right angles thereto, secured to the bottom edge by a binding tape 34 (Fig. 3) held in place by stitches36. The free edges .of flange I2 are bound with tap 38 for protection, and a draw-string 40 runs through the inside to permit adjustment of hood It] to the head, as in Fig. 1. A finished product is accordingly assembled in very simple manner.

The hood is preferably made of an impervious plastic material having fabric-like flexibility, and the binding tapes may be similar for easy cleaning of the article and to avoid absorption of moisture and oil from the scalp and hair.

In use, the bottom of hood I0 is drawn over the head of the wearer and is tied with string 40 so the inner edge of flange I2 creates a loose fit with the head (Fig. 2). This construction spaces panels 22 away from the head a distance equal to the width of flange I2 when the hood is held erect, as when top end I4 is tied to hair drier I6 by tape extensions 32a (Fig. 1). Hair 42 (Fig. 2) may then lie loosely inside the hood for more satisfactory drying. When drier I6 is turned on and blows Warm air into the hood I9, it becomes inflated and moisture laden air escapes around the juncture of flange l2 with the head, and through opening 30 in upper end l4 thereof. By mounting drier IE on a stand 18, one may relax While having the hair dried, rather than be preoccupied with directing the stream of air as is ordinarily done in home use of a hair drier. Furthermore, hood [6 is very light-weight and flexible, and this permits one to shift about or turn the head without interrupting the drying process.

Slots 29 may be cut in panels 22 above tape 34 to urge passage of air through hair 42 lying above flange l2, and to reduce the flow of air overthe face and about the neck as it escapes around the inside edge of flange [2, as illustrated by the arrows in Fig. 2. These slots should be rather small, however, to maintain a back pressure inside the hood and keep it inflated.

The simple square construction allows hood Hi to be folded compactly when not in use, as shown in Fig. 4. o posite panels 22a and 22b fold inwardly longitudinally along the center and become sandwiched between remaining panels 22c and 22d which lie flatwise. Flange l2, draw strings 49 and tape ends 32a may be tucked inside the folds (not shown), and then the entire hood can be further folded or rolled into a very small bundle.

An inexpensive, compact and highly useful hood is thus provided for drying the hair with a blower type hair drier. It is convenient enough to be carried in the pocket, and yet expands to form a large enclosed chamber around the head when in use.

As many possible embodiments may be made of the above invention, and as many changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter hereinabove set forth or shown in the accompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What is claimed is:

l. A collapsible hair drying hood construction comprising, in combination, four flexible panels having straight bottom edges and having straight sides tapering inwardly over approximately the top third of their length, means for joining said sides of said panels to form a box-like structure having an open bottom and a relatively small opening at the top, a pair of tapes attached to the peripheral edge of said top opening for tying said structure to a hair drier, a fold of material attached to the bottom peripheral edge of said structure forming an inwardly extending flange, a draw string associated with said flange for attaching said structure to the head of the wearer,

and vent means in said panels for discharging air blown into said structure.

2. A collapsible hair drying hood construction comprising, in combination, four flexible panels each having a straight bottom edge and having straight sides tapering inwardly over approximately the top third of their length to a relatively short top edge parallel to said bottom edge, means for joining said sides of said panels to form a box-like structure having an open bottom and a relatively small opening at the top, said means leaving one joint open for a short distance below said top opening to allow enlargement of said top opening and escape of air therethrough, a tape attached to the peripheral edge of said top opening on each side of said open joint for tying said structure to a hair drier, a fold of material attached to the bottom peripheral edge of said structure forming an inwardly extending flange, a draw string associated with said flange for attaching said structure to the head of the wearer, and vent means in said panels for discharging air blown into said structure.

3. A collapsible hair drying hood adapted for cooperative engagement with a blower nozzle comprising, in combination, a plurality of flexible panels each having a straight bottom edge and substantially parallel sides extending at right angles to said bottom edge for approximately two-thirds of their length, said sides tapering inwardly over ap roximatel the upper third of their length to a top edge narrower than and approximately parallel to said bottom edge, means joining the sides of adjacent panels to form an enclosure having an open bottom and a relatively smaller top opening, means attached to the peripheral edge of said top opening for securing said opening to a blower nozzle, '2. flap of flexible material hingedly fastened to the peripheral edge of said open bottom to form an inwardly extending flange, and a drawstring in said flange for loosely securing the open bottom of said enclosure to the head of the wearer.

LILL'IAN R. FLAXMAN.

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